When I learned he cheated on me, it was the best news I could have had in that moment. It opened my eyes and let me see that I deserved waaay better than a cheater and I shouldn’t be crying for a guy who didn’t even have the guts to tell me to my face that it was over before he started dating another woman.

—Paula

Aftermath: Now we aren’t friends, not even enemies, I’m just so over him. I’m engaged to the best man in the world, getting married in three weeks, happier than ever and more in love than ever.

I read something about a woman setting her husband up with a comfortable life so she wouldn’t feel guilty about leaving him. I saw an unsettling connection between my wife’s excitement about my recent promotion, so I asked “Are you happy for me because you want a divorce?” She said I was crazy. But, she left me a week later, after months of planning. I knew it was over when she was happy for me.

—Marc

My job prohibited employees from dating managers but we often would go out as a group. Shortly after my 18th birthday, my manager asked me if I was going to the movie on Friday. When I arrived to meet up with everyone, I discovered that nobody else knew about it. He told me he wanted to see me but we couldn’t let anyone know or we could lose our jobs. We secretly dated for about 8 months until I found out that he had just begun secretly dating another co-worker too.

—Capri

Aftermath: At that point I was done with him, but I warned her about him because I had known her for years and felt that she was even more naive than I was.

During sex, she got really hot telling me fantasy stories about me having sex with a hot girl lifeguard after everyone had left the pool. She started working out 2 nights a week with friends. Shortly thereafter I found out that the “workout friends” was a gym teacher. At his school. At the pool. After everyone else had left.

—SwimFan

Aftermath: She vehemently denied any wrongdoing; said that it was a coincidence, even after I received a cell phone video of proof. I filed for divorce.

We were dating for about two months, and then he decided to tell me his ex-girlfriend was pregnant and it “might” be his child…one week before it was due.

—Lindsey

Aftermath: He left to go get a paternity test and be there for the birth. I haven’t talked to him since he left.